Car-axle oiler



(No Model.)

E. HOUSEL.

GAR AXLE OLER.

No. 88o, 88. Patented Apr. 8, 1888;

Unirse Srarns PATENT Ottica.

ELMER HOUSEL, OF SUMMIT, OHIO.

CARAXLE OILER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,436, dated April 3,1888.

Application filed January 27, 1853. Serial No. 262,094. (No model.)

1"0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, 'ELMER HoUsnL, a citizen of the United States,residing near Summit, in the county of Summit and State ot' Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Gar-Axle Oilers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to improvenlents in car-axle oilers, and has forits object to oil the axle automatically, and to perform the work withgreat economy of time and oil; and it consists in the construction andnovel con1- bination of parts hereinafter described, illus trated in theaccompanying drawings, and

pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l represents a top plan View oftheoilerinplaceon the track and with the car thereon. Fig. 2 representsone of the axles of the cars, theend being scctioned to show thelinchpin-opening and pin therein. Fig. 3 represents an elevation of therailway with the device attached. Fig. 4 represents an enlarged view ofthe brush in transverse section.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A des ignates a car having theaxles B, which have their central portions, b, square, as shown, theirjournals b being of course cylindrical. In each journal is a verticaldainetrical opening, C, the lowerhalf of which is tapering, the upperhalf being of equal diameter throughout.

c is a tapering linchpin, which fits in the tapering part of saidopening, and extends from onehalf to tiveeighths therebelow, withoutextending into the cylindrical part of the opening.

c is a screw-cap that engages in the internally-tapped upper end of saidopening.

The railway is widened at two different places, D, and on opposite andat suitable points is provided with the curved guide-rail d inside andparallel to the curved main rail d.' on that side. There is also astraight main rail, d?, on that side,and the-wheels are guided into thestraight rail dt or the curved rail d by a switch, d, of ordinaryconstruction. On the opposite side ofthe track from each curved rail isthe trough E, which is opposite, or nearly so, the central portion ofsaid rail, and is adapted to hold oil.

Fis a brush having, preferably, four similar longitudinal wings,ff,which are equidistant and somewhat cylindrical. The said brush is madeof rubber belting, and is covered with sorne suitable material to takethe oil. The brush is journaled at f in the free end ofthe bar f2, theopposite end of which is pivoted to the horizontal arm of theuprightfrising by the side of the track.

G G are blocks standing adjacent to the track at points opposite theends of the guard rails and on the opposite sides of the tracktherefrom, the blocks having the inclined upper edges, g, and the smoothmetal plates g secured to said edges.

H H are wheels, each of which isjournaled in the block G near itshighest end, and with its periphery projecting above said edge.

The operation of the oiling mechanism is as follows: As the carapproaches the widened parts of the track and the linchpins travel overthe inclined upper edges of the blocks G, the pins are raised by saidedges till they are en tirely within the axle. The flanges of the wheelson one side are then directed upon the curved main rail at the widenedportion ofthe track and the curved guiderail d moves the wheels on saidmain rail away from the block G on the opposite side of the track, andas the wheels on the same' side of the track as the block cannotmovelaterally,being on a straight rail, the action of the widenedportion of the track operates to draw the axle nearly out of the hub ofthe wheel, the iinchpin having been driven inwardby the edge of theblock G. Then the axles are thus pulled nearly out from the hub, theypass over the brushes, which rotate against and oil them. Of course thetrack must be widened at two separate points on opposite sides, andthere must be two brushes, as each brush can act only on one side. Theplates g cause the linchpins to move without jar. The wheels H lift theaxle, so that the hub rests on the upper portion of the axle. Shouldthere then be a shoulder worn in the bottom of thelatter, as is oftenthe case, it will not prevent the car from rolling easily, as theshoulder cannot catch. The axles being square centrally,are secured tothe bottom of the car and do not rotate, the wheels turning on theirjournals.

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Having described the invention, I claim- 1. The combination, with theaxle secured to the bottom of the car so as not to rotate and having theopenings in its journals, of the linchpins in and depending below saidopenings, the blocks with inclined upper edges, the oil -troughs andbrushes, and means, substantially as described, whereby the linchpinsare moved up and the journals pulled nearly from the hubs just beforethe said journals pass over the brushes, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the non-rotating axle having the verticalopenings in itsjournals and the linehpinsin said openings, of the blocksand the plates secured on said blocks, substantially as specitied.

3. The combination, with the non-rotating axle having openings in itsjournals and the linchpins in and depending below said openings, of theblocks to move the linchpins completely within the correspondingopenings, substantially as specified.

4. The combination, with the nonrotating axles having the openings intheir journals and the linchpins, of the blocks with inclined upperedges, and the track having the curved main rails and curved guide-railson the opposite sides from corresponding blocks, substantially asspecified.

5. 'The combination, with the non-rotating axles having the openings intheir ljournals and the linchpins, of the railway having the widenedparts D, and provided at such parts with the main and guide rails, theblocks on the opposite sides of the track from said rails, theoil-troughs, and the depending brushes, substantially as specified.

6. `The combination, With the non-rotating axles having the verticaltapering openings in the journals and the tapering linchpins, of theblocks having inclined upper edges, the plates secured to said edges,and the wheels H, journaled upon the corresponding blocks near the topof the highest end thereof, substantially as specified.

7. The combination,with the axle B, having its central part square intransverse section and secured to the bottom ofthe car, and providedinitsjournals with the vertical openings C, having their upper halves ofsquare diameter throughout and their lower halves tapering downward, thescrew-caps c', engaging in the tapped upper orifices of the openings C,and the tapering linchpins c, fitting into the tapered portions of saidopenings and depending below the same, of the block having inclinededges and the plates secured to said

